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Nevertheless, F statistics are often used to infer the incidence of inbreeding in
birds and mammals. For example, Melnick (1982) reviewed the available data
from mammal species belonging to several orders and concluded that mammals
...
Nevertheless, F statistics are often used to infer the incidence of inbreeding in
birds and mammals. For example, Melnick (1982) reviewed the available data
from mammal species belonging to several orders and concluded that mammals
...
Page 320
brates, 29 of 50 (48 percent) introduced passerine birds succeeded, yet 17 of 20 (
85 percent) mammals and 12 of 15 (80 percent) reptiles succeeded. However, in
an admittedly much smaller and less well documented data set on amphibians, ...
brates, 29 of 50 (48 percent) introduced passerine birds succeeded, yet 17 of 20 (
85 percent) mammals and 12 of 15 (80 percent) reptiles succeeded. However, in
an admittedly much smaller and less well documented data set on amphibians, ...
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It has also been the or a main cause for virtually all exterminations of large
terrestrial mammals and giant tortoises, plus about 15 percent of bird extinctions
and some extinctions of trees logged for wood or sap (Gentry, Chapter 8). In New
...
It has also been the or a main cause for virtually all exterminations of large
terrestrial mammals and giant tortoises, plus about 15 percent of bird extinctions
and some extinctions of trees logged for wood or sap (Gentry, Chapter 8). In New
...
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Contents
Conservation Biology and the Real World MICHAEL E sOULE | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Conservation biology: the science of scarcity and diversity |
| Editor | Michael E. Soulé |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Sinauer Associates, 1986 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2011 |
| ISBN | 0878937943, 9780878937943 |
| Length | 584 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Conservation biology Conservation of natural resources Ecology Nature conservation Population biology Science / Life Sciences / Biology Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General Science / Life Sciences / Ecology |
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